Beet-puller.



PATENTED OCT. 18, 1904. Mi W. PALMER. Y

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No. 772,819.1 PATENTED OCT. 18, 1904.

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BEET PULLER. APPLICATION rum JUNE 11. 1903. RENEWED nu 1911994.

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UNITED: STATES Patented October 18, 1904.

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BEET-PULLER;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Ltters'Patent N0. 772,819, dated October18, 1904:. Application filed June 11, 1903. Renewed May 19, 1904 SerialNo. 208,673. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, MERRITT WESLEY PAL- MER, residing at Hamilton, inthe county of Allegan and State of Michigan, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Beet- Pullers, of which the following is aspecification. 6

My present invention, which relates to improvements in that type of beetplows or pullers having runners adapted to enter the soil under and tostraddle the beet and pull it bodily upward upon lifter-arms, moreparticularly seeks to improve the construction of beetpuller or plowdisclosed in my Patent N 0. 699,561, dated May 6, 1902, whereby torender the operation of the said puller or plow the more effective andpositive, the manufacture of the same more economical, and thecooperative arrangement of the several parts the more durable andcompact.

My present invention, while embodying the same generic arrangement'ofthe runners, the standards, and the horizontal frame shown in mypatentaforesaid, also involves an improved construction of the runnersor plow members whereby the same may be conveniently and economicallymade of cast metal and with seats to provide for a smooth and rigidattaclr.

ment thereof to the standards and for more effectively packing the soilagainst the beet during the operation of pulling or forcing the drop offor separate from the roots and leave the beet dirt free on the ends ofthe said arms before-it is finally dropped. invention the plows orrunners are also specially designed for a convenient and effectiveattachment 'of supplemental shear or cutter blades for penetrating thesoil as the plows or runners enter toward and under the beets andimproved construction "of slip-point, together with other details ofconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter full; described andclaimed, being also included.

,g Referring now to the accompanyingdrawings, Figure l is a perspectiveview of my improved beet puller or plow. Fig. .2 is a lonv is a rearelevation of the same.

In my presentner in which the runners raise the beet, the K manner inwhich the same passes off the lifterarmsbeing indicated in dotted lines.Fig. 3 Fig. 4 is a transverse section thereof on the line 1 4 of Fig. 2looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section ofthe same on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective viewof one of the runner-castings with the lift fingers separated therefrom.

Fig. 7 is a detail cross-section of the runner and illustrates themanner in which the foot of the standard and the lifter arm *or rod aresecured thereto. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective View of one of thestandards. Fig. 9' is a similar view of one of the shear or cuttermembers. Fig. 10 is a detail view of the front end of one of the plowsor runners with the slippoint shown detached. Fig. 11 is a detailcrosssection of the plow.

In my present construction the horizonta or draft frame is substantiallyV-shaped in plan view and consists of the vertically-set side bars a a,whose front ends-lap, as at (d, are aperturedat a to receive apull-clevis or draft-chain, and also apertured for the convenientattachment thereto of the arched standard or frame bars 11 11, whoselower ends have aseries of vertically-dis posed apertures to receive thestud spindles or axles 11 of the gage-wheels 11 as clearly shown in Fig.1, and each of said bars also has an aperture for connecting the lowerends 10 of rearwardly-extending brace-bars 10, whose upper ends arefastened to the side bars a by the bolts d, that secure the cross-bar D,to which the front end of the rearwardly-extending anddivergingly-disposed handles 0 C are secured by the clip member d Thehandles C C have vertical adjustment upon and are adapted to be madefast to the apertured brackets 0 c, which extendvertically from a rearcross-bar 0 held in the vertical plane of the side bars a (0 and havingits angle ends 0 made fast to the rear ends of the said side bars a a bythe bolts ff, that adjustably secure the upper end of the standards 5 5,and the said bar 0 has a pair of apertured ears 9 9, the purpose ofwhich will be presently ex-- IOU plained. The brackets 0' a haveapertures 0 0 through which the bolts o c are adapted to pass, and thesebolts also pass through apertures in the handles C, so that the handlescan be readily adjusted with the bolts in either of the apertures 0 aswill be clearly understood by reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of thedrawings.

In my present construction of beet-puller the standards 5 extendvertically downward a part of their length and then bend inwardly, andtheir lower ends have a square bend to form short horizontal shoes 5,adapted to enter countersunk seats 4 in the under side of the solid baseportions of the runners 4., whose outer edges are also cut out, as at4:, whereby the outer face of the lower ends of the standards can befitted flush with the outer edges of the runners, as shown.

The standards 5 in my present structure are not sharpened, but have fiatfront edges, and at the lower or rearwardly-bent portion thereof arefixedly held supplemental cutter or shear blades 1 1, bent to conform tothe shape of the lower ends of the standards 5, and the rear fiat edgesof the said blades 1 lie flatwise against the fiat front edges of thestandards 5. The front edges of the members 1 1 are sharpened from therunner to their upper extremity, and the said members are cut on a taperwhereby to produce, as it were, a slanting shearing edge, which in thepractical construction is about seven inches long, more or less.

Each shear blade or member has its lower or wide portion held within theseat Q in the runner edge and is made fast by a countersunk bolt 9,which enters a socket g in the solid part of the runner and engages anut in the cored portion 4 of the said solid portion of the runner, asclearly shown in Fig. 11 Each runner a is cast with a vertical flangerounded at its upper edge, and at the rear end the said flange is formedwith a concaved seat 2, adapted to receive an iron rod 3, which is madefast to the runner-body by the bolt 3, whose head fits the countersunkseat in the upper face of the rod 3 and which enters a vertical aperture2 in the flange 2, that merges with a cored recess 2 in which fits a nutor bur 2 with which the bolt 3 engages. The rods 3 extend rearwardly onan upward curve and form the equivalents of the lifter-arms shown in mypatent aforesaid.

Upon each standard 5 is mounted an ear 6 6, and the ears 6 cooperatewith the ears 6 6, mounted on the side bars a a and secured by the boltsd, that secure the cross-bar D, and the said ears 6 and 6 have right andleft threaded apertures to accommodate the right and left threaded endsof the adjusting-rods 7 7, whereby the turning of the said rods 7 inopposite directions will set the runners at any draft or angle as thecondition of the soil may make desirable.

The standards 5 5 are braced and adjusted laterally by thetransversely-inclined bracerods 8, whose upper ends pass through theapertured ears 9 9 on the cross-bars 0 and said ends are threaded toreceive the nuts 5), and the lower ends of the said rods 8 are bolted tothe standards 5, said lower ends being bent at an angle, whereby toengage the registering apertures in the standards 5 and the ears 6 andto receive the nuts 6, which also secure the ears 6, as shown, it beingunderstood that by securing the members 8 in the manner stated therunners can be spread or drawn together to suit the soil.

By referring now to Fig. 5 it will be noticed that the opposing innerfaces of the runners have a substantially parallel relation from therear end to a point about in line with the lower end of the cuttersedge, from which point they gradually diverge, whereby the runners willreadily penetrate the soil and straddle the lower end of the boot and atthe same time pack the soil at each side of the beet under the mainbulge or body thereof, and as the pressure of the earth against the beetis constantly upward the beet is lifted up by the pressure of the soilagainst it without breaking or bruising the beet as the packed soilrises with it and backs up over the lifter arms above the surface of theearth, (see Fig. 2,) it being apparent that when the beet with the soilpacked around it moves over the arms the soil loosens from the beet andleaves the same free on top of the ground ready to be gathered. Tofacilitate the packing of the earth upward and sideward against thebeet-body, the horizontal portion of the runners curves upwardly fromthe penetrating end to a point about midway the arms 3, at which pointthe part 40 terminates in a. pendent shoulder 40, that ends at thereduced or thinned rear end of the horizontal portion of the runner, andat the rear end. the vertical or arm-carrying portion of the runner isalso reduced, as at 40, such red ueing of the rear end of therunner-body being provided to give free space under the rear ends of thearms for the proper dropping of the dirt from the roots or body of thebeet as it is carried up over the rear ends of the arm or rods The frontor penetrating end of the plow or runner is in the nature of aslip-point -10, which has a rearwardly-extending shank 40", whoseopposite edges have dovetailed grooves (see Fig. 10) to engage thedovetailed ribs 40 in the sides of the shank-receiving slot in therunner member 10, in which it is firmly held by a bolt 40, that engagesthe coincident grooves 4L0 L0 in ribs &0 and the shank +10".

By providing a slip-point constructed as shown when the point is wornthe same can be readily reversed to bring its under side uppermost,andthereby present a new point, thus materially increasing the life of therunner or plows.

The runners arespread by loosening the nuts or burs 9 and tightening thejam-nuts 9 and the vertical tilt or depth of the runners is regulated byproperly adjusting the rods 7 7. I

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, it is believed the complete construction, themanner of operation, and the advantages of my invention will be readilyapparent.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is I I 1. Ina beet-pulling machine of the characterdescribed, the combination with the draftframe, a pair of separatedplow-standards pendent from the rear end of said frame, and a plow orrunner mounted one on the lower end of each standard; of a shear orcutting member secured to the outer edge of each plow projected in thevertical plane of the standards and having its rear edge abutting thefront edges of the standards.

2. In a beet-puller of the character described, the combination with thedraft-frame, the standards pendent from the rear end thereof, and theplows detachably mounted on the lower end of the standards, said plowshaving integral vertical flanges whose rear end merges withrearwardly-extending fingers; of a shear or cutter for each standarddetachably secured to the outer edge of the plows with their rear edgeheld in abutment with the front edge of the standards, said cuttermembers tapering rearwardly from the point where they are attached tothe plow, to their upper end, as set forth.

3. In a beet-puller as described, the combination with the draft-frame,the standards 5 pivotally and adjustably secured to the rear endsthereof, plows or runners on the lower ends of the standards, the ears 6on the standards, the ears 6 on the draft-frame, said ears 6 and 6having right and left threaded apertures respectively, and the rods 7having right and left threaded ends for .engaging the said ears 6 6, forthe purposes described.

ff. In a beet puller of the character described; in combination with thedraft-frame, the standards and the plows arranged substantially asshown, of a cutter comprising a tapering member secured to the plow andheld in the vertical plane of-the front edge of each standard, saidcutter having a front shear-face and a flat rear edge whereby to abutthe front edge of the standards, for the purposes described.

5. In a beet-puller as described, in combination with the standards 5and the draft-frame, said standards having vertical adjustment on andsecured to the rear ends of the said frame; of the plows or runners 4 Leach having a countersunk seat in the outer edge and bottom, to. receivethe lower ends of the standards, said plows having integral verticallyprojected flanges extending part'of their length rearwardly, saidflanges tapering downwardly to the plow point and having seats in theirrear upper end, rods detachably mounted in the said seats and extendingrearwardly in the plane of the vertical flanges, and means for bracingthe plow-standards, for the purposes described. I

6. In a beet-puller as described, a runner or plow consisting of ahorizontal portion whose upper face curves upwardly from the point tonear the rear end, avertical portion adapted to press the soil inwardly,and an arm rearwardly extended from the upper edge of the said verticalportion, as set forth.

7. In a beet-puller as described; a plow or runner having a longitudinalsocket in its penetrating end the side walls of which have dovetailedribs, a reversible point having a shank formed with dovetailed groovesto engage the dovetailed ribs in the aforesaid socket, said shank andribs having notches adapted to aline and a key for engaging the alinednotches of the shankand ribs, for the purposes described.

MERRITT WESLEY PALMER.

Witnesses:

V I. M. TAPPEN,

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